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From: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.25-rc4 de_stop_rxtx polling wrong
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:47:03 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080329024703.GA8119@colo.lackof.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47ED6B07.5000101@garzik.org>

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 06:02:47PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
...
>>> Please include comments like "Jeff," and "Patch was originally[...]" 
>>> after the "---" separator, so that the automated tools may omit these 
>>> comments without human intervention.
>> Which separator is that? I didn't explicitly add one unless you are
>> referring to the patch itself.
>
> See #14 of Documentation/SubmittingPatches.

Wow...this document got a rewrite since the last time I read it.
Thanks for pointing it out. I'll follow that on future patches.


> Basically, anything after "---" in the email body (except for the patch 
> content itself) is intentionally ignored -- and thus is used for comments 
> like "Jeff, quit sitting on your ass and apply this damned patch" that are 
> relevant but do not belong in the permanent kernel history.

*nod*

...
> git-am, Linus's tool that many of us git'ers use for importing patches from 
> email.

Ok - will read the man page for that too.

cheers,
grant

      reply	other threads:[~2008-03-29  2:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-09  1:33 [PATCH] 2.6.25-rc4 de_stop_rxtx polling wrong Grant Grundler
2008-03-17 12:13 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-03-24  5:09   ` Grant Grundler
2008-03-28 22:02     ` Jeff Garzik
2008-03-29  2:47       ` Grant Grundler [this message]

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